Found an old tackle box in the garage last week

[Twigg]

Thought I'd put up some pic's. I don't think there's anything real collectable here.
IF there's any interest I'll post an ad in the classifieds.

Think this guy's got enough hooks ?

Here's an interesting "spinner" cast in lead.

...and a lead spoon of some sort.

The red blade looks like it could be mica.

The red beads are real glass.

Here's a green spoon.

The red spoon has spinners.

This one's an old Abu spinner.

Now a few wooden plugs

Some are stamped "JC Higgens" IIRC is Sears & Roebuck ?

Some of them look like they're good enough to use. There wasn't any packaging with they were all in an old metal box which was rusted shut so hard I had to bash it with a hammer to get it open.. Oh wait.
Here's a 1957 copy of the Massachusetts fish & game laws.

I'll have to get back to the garage, ifin' I dig enough I might find me a JC Higgens shotgun back there !

 

[Admin]

Cool!

 

[FrugalFannie]

some of them old lures are worth money.

 

[Sprocket]

Yep - You won't buy a house or anything but they aren't "a buck a piece" either - cool find

 

[Knob Creek]

So that's where I left it!

 

[boxerjake77]

Those are pretty cool, I recognize a few, as I have some of the same ones.
I know one of them is a Wiggle Wart, and there's a Wood Chopper in there too.

 

[CMEBoston]

Those JC Higgins lures would look great next to my model 50 Bolt action 30-06! Nice find

 

[Woodstock]

Great find. They look like the lures my grandfather left us - only newer. In his teenage years, my brother managed to lose all but one, but he was fishing, so I guess it's OK. I still have a couple of ancient leather wallets with his flies and streamers, and I hesitate to use them.

 

[IPSC_DRL]

Wow. Flashback to my early childhood. I still have a metal box in the cellar with a bunch of similar looking stuff. Nice find.

 

[Kicker96FS]

Some poor fish could get Tetanus biting any of those!

 

[twogunwilly]

Score!

 

[mac1911]

I have been kinda surprised what older lures are getting on ebay.....even well used.

 

[45collector]

I love old tackle. I'm constantly checking out yard sales and flea markets looking for those old lures. Most people have no idea what they're worth.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Nice stuff there. I still have the Jitterbug that I bought 60+ years ago. Jack.

 

[md2020]

Do an online search for South Bend Oreno & River Runt, Creek Chub Bait Company (CCBC) and Heddon. Those are some of the bigger names in collectable fishing lures. Lures IN the original box are worth much more than w/out the box. Wooden body ones are worth more than plastic body ones.

I've been fishing since the mid 70s and it is scary to think the old lures I still use are considered antiques NOW! My favorites were balsa wood Rapala minnows and plastic Rebel minnows. Others worth mentioning are Mann's Jelly worms, Arbogast Jitterbugs, Johnson Silver Spoons and the all versatile Mepp's Spinners.

Old tackle boxes are wonderful finds and bring back a lot of cool memories and fishing tales. Thanks for sharing pics!

I still fish my old fiberglass Fenwick spinning rods and green Penn freshwater spinning reels. Monofilament line now a days is great compared to the line they use to make back in the 70s. (old stuff would take a bad set, dry out and break easily).